Almy, Frank S.

Frank S. Almy, not to be confused with his father, Franklin L. Almy, was a Generation 9 descendant of George Soule via his mother Charity R. Buffinton. The line continues through Robinson & Chase ancestors to an Elizabeth Wheaten. Currently the GSMD has only what they call "pink books" (in-progress Silver Books) on George Soule and in this is the story that his son George had a daughter, Elizabeth, who bore a daughter also named Elizabeth to a John Wheaten. She did not marry John but the daughter used his surname. Frank was born after 1861 and this photo was likely taken 1901-06, as he had begun holding city offices. Image taken from Henry M. Fenner, HIstory of Fall River (NY: F. T. Smiley, 1906), p. 45, digitized by the Library of Congress.

Babbitt, Adeline Lavinia

Adeline (Babbitt) Browne (1815-1888), daughter of Jael Edson (below) and Dr. Snell Babbitt of Massachusetts, and sister of Nathan Snell Babbitt, below, was a Gen 7 Soule and Doty descendant and a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley descendant, all on her mother's side. Jael's descent is detailed in the relevant GSMD Silver and Pink books. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 344, scanned at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Babbitt, Nathan Snell

Dr. Nathan S. Babbitt (1812-1889), son of Dr. Snell Babbitt and Jael Edson (below) of Massachusetts, brother of Adeline (above), was a Gen 7 Soule and Doty descendant and a Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Howland-Tilley descendant, all on his mother's side. Jael's descent is detailed in the relevant GSMD Silver and Pink books. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 344, scanned at the Library of Congress.

Bonney, Elliot Lincoln

A 9th Generation descendant - twice - of George Soule, Myles Standish, and John Alden and Generation 10 descendant of William Mullins, lawyer Elliot Bonney (b. 1856) came by all his Mayflower heritage through his paternal grandmother, Frances "Fanny" (Churchill) Bonney. She was daughter of Saba Soule (1773-1839) and Oliver Churchill (1766-1851), who do appear in the Soule Pink Book. Saba and Oliver were second cousins, descendants of Benjamin Soule and Sarah Standish. Fanny's grandfather James Churchill (b. 1746) had also married a Soule, Priscilla, daughter and granddaughter of a Benjamin Soule. Sarah (Standish) Soule was a descendent of Myles Standish's son Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John Alden & Priscilla Mullins. The most recent generations of Churchills lived in Plympton, as did Elliot Bonney. Image & info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 839, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Bradford, Edward Standish

Massachusetts Treasurer Edward Bradford was a Generation 8 Soule descendant and Generation 9 Bradford descendant via his father, Shadrach Standish Bradford. The Bradford Silver Book leaves off with the younger Gideon Bradford, b. Plympton 1752, grandfather of Shadrach. Gideon's wife, Abigail Sampson, was a Generation 6 Soule descendant via her mother Hannah (Soule) Sampson, not Generation 5, as the book from which this photo is taken misstated. Per the Soule Pink Books, it missed Benjamin Soule, son of John & grandson of George. Edward was also a Generation 9/10 Alden/Mullins descendant through the marriage of Myles and Rose Standish's son Alexander to Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. He was a Generation 9 Standish via his paternal grandmother, Mary (Standish) Bradford. Mary's connection was Shadrach Standish, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Alexander, Myles and Rose Standish. The Standish Silver Book gets through "Shadrack" Standish, Generation 6, whereas the Alden book only goes as far as his father, Ebenezer. Edward was also a Warren descendant via his father. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 296-300, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BRAMHALL, GRACE

The photo on the left was cropped from a larger one on Digital Commonwealth showing Grace Bramhall (b 1874) and a group of other female college students on an outing in 1894. Frustratingly, she was the only one named and the writeup on the photo is of "Nine Plymouth girls.... presumably all from Plymouth." You are probably looking at an array of Standishes, Aldens, etc. She was also identified in the photo on the near right, a group of 4 in gym attire. She was unidentified in the photo on the far right, of another school outing with both males and females. Her lines were unusually difficult to trace quickly, possibly because her grandfather Benjamin Bramhall seems to have been a different Benjamin than the one who married into the Warrens and numerous other Mayflower families. If you can find the grandfather's parents you may find pilgrim stock there, too. Grace's Gen 9 Soule line runs: Robert Eldridge Bramhall, Mary (Weston) Bramhall, Elkanah Weston, Zabdiel, Mercy (Peterson) Weston, Benjamin Peterson, Mary (Souie) Peterson, George Soule of the Mayflower. See Grace's writeup in the Doty & Alden-Mullins sections for those lineages. All images from the Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library, courtesy Digital Commonwealth.

BRIDGMAN, ADDISON DANIEL

Brother of Laura Dewey Bridgman, below, Dr. Addison Bridgman (b 1832 NH) was likewise a 5-time Mayflower descendant and a Gen 9 Allerton. He was unusual for his time, though, in that he moved to GA in 1856 and then to IL in the late 1860s. In between was the Civil War and he served as a surgeon (I believe) in the 25th GA Vols. He did marry but the book with this photo, written while he was alive, did not mention children. See Laura's writeup for lineage details. Image and some info from Burt Nichols Bridgman & Joseph Clark Bridgman, Genealogy of the Bridgman Family, Descendants of James Bridgman 1636-1894 (Hyde Park, MA: Clark Bryan Printers, 1894), p. 63, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

BRIDGMAN, LAURA DEWEY

Laura's family descended from 5 Mayflower passengers, all via her maternal grandfather's mother, Asenath (Cushman) Downer. See her Allerton writeup for more on her interesting life. She is actually a double Gen 8 Soule descendant as follows: Harmony (Downer) Bridgman, Cushman Downer, Asenath (Cushman) Downer, Alethea (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, John, George of the Mayflower and Harmony (Downer) Bridgman, Cushman Downer, Asenath (Cushman) Downer, Alethea (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, Mary (Soule) Peterson, George Soule. Her other pilgrim ancestor write-ups are on the Allerton, Cooke, Warren, and Hopkins pages. Image from the National Library of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Chace, Edward Ruthven

Edward Ruthven Chace and his brother Elnathan Holder Chace, below, are Generation 8 Soule descendants. Their great-grandmother, Phebe (Davis) Chace, born in 1742, was the daughter of Remembrance and Sarah (Soule) Davis. This marriage is noted in a Soule "pink book" (Mayflower Families In Progress). Phebe Davis married a Noah Chace in Freetown, 1763, and had a son Noah, a grandson Holder, and great-grandchildren that include these two men who had moved to Ohio around 1814 with their parents, Holder and Sarah (Hathaway) Chace. Thus the line runs: Holder Chase/Chace, Noah, Phebe Davis Chase/Chace, Sarah (Soule) Chase/Chace, Sylvanus Soule, Nathaniel, George of the Mayflower. You must prove from the marriage of Holder & Sarah on to yourself with government-issued vital records (birth, marriage, and death) to the extent possible to file this line with the GSMD. Image from C. V. Case, Genealogical Record of the Chace and Hathaway Families from 1630 to 1900 (Ashtabula, OH: T. E. Wilson-Clark, 1900), p. 12, digitized by the Boston Public Library. The picture was photographed from a hard copy at the LOC by a kind reader who also did not like the fact that Edward was yellow in the digitized version.

Chace, Elnathan Holder

Elnathan Holder Chace and brother Edward, above, are Gen. 8 Soule descendants. See Edward's writeup for the lineage. According to the author of the book with this image, they migrated to Ohio with their parents. Edward went on to Iowa, Missouri (where he was a county judge), and Nebraska where he ran for state legislature so he should have left a good paper trail. Elnathan apparently stayed in OH where he married and owned land, but supposedly died in Taunton, MA in 1882. There is no record of that in the NEHGS vital records. The book notes that their father worked seasonally as a ship's captain on the Great Lakes and presumably would have needed a license, so that may be a documentation option as well. The brothers have 2 Hathaway lines but apparently not a Hathaway that married into Francis Cooke's line. Image from C. V. Case, Genealogical Record of the Chace and Hathaway Families from 1630 to 1900 (Ashtabula, OH: T. E. Wilson-Clark, 1900), p. 9, digitized by the Boston Public Library. The picture was photographed from a hardcover copy at the LOC in DC by a kind patron to produce a sharper image. Elnathan was 20 years the senior of Edward thus the photo & retouching were at least 2 decades less sophisticated.

Cornell, Daniel Howland

Daniel Howland Cornell was a Generation 10 descendant of both George Soule and Francis Cooke, thanks to the Generation 3 marriage of Sarah Soule and Adam Wright, son of Hester (Cooke) Wright. Another generation of Wright was followed by 3 of Gifford and 3 more of Cornell. Much information on Giffords can be found in Daniels & McLean, "William Gifford of Sandwich," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, commencing in 1974 and spread over multiple issues. The article is excellent but not perfect. Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society can download any issue. (See links page.) The Register dates to 1847. Image taken from Henry M. Fenner, HIstory of Fall River (NY: F. T. Smiley, 1906), p. 216, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image taken from Henry M. Fenner, HIstory of Fall River (NY: F. T. Smiley, 1906), p. 216, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, AARON CEPHAS

Named after his paternal grandfather & father, Capt. Cushman (b. 1808,NY) is himself in the George Soule Pink Book, as #396x's only child. He had no children and was an only child, though. The birth of grandfather Cephas Cushman is in the Allerton book and grandfather's marriage to Mary Soule is in the John Howland Silver Book, vol. 23, part 1. Aaron Cephas Cushman is a Gen. 7 Soule, 7/8 Howland-Tilley, and 8 Allerton. See those sections for those lineages, particularly the Allerton writeup for more details overall. He would be roughly a 2nd/3rd cousin of Robert W. and Austin S. Cushman, respectively. This image shows Capt. Cushman at age 45 or 46, i.e. circa 1853/54, when he had retired from whaling and was a New Bedford alderman. Perhaps additional images could be found in published histories of that city. His Soule line runs: Aaron Cushman, Cephas, Mary (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, John, George Soule of the Mayflower. Image & info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 144, 147, 149, 234, 243-4420-1, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CUSHMAN, AUSTIN SPRAGUE

The photo from which this was cropped shows Austin S. Cushman in his role as Department Commander, i.e. state leader for Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1867. He was then 40. His father Robert Woodward Cushman was cousin of David Quimby Cushman, below, thus Austin S. is a 1st cousin once removed. To figure out this and all his Pilgrim lines requires a combination of vital records, online at the NEHGS an article in their NEHGR, then help from the Cushman family history where the image of his father was found, and the GSMD's Delano "Green Books." Austin was a Gen. 8 Soule, a Gen. 9/10 Alden-Mullins, a Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilly, and a Gen. 9 Billington and Allerton descendant. You can see his other lines on those pages. Austin's Soule line would run: Robert Woodward Cushman, Job Cushman, Martha (Delano) Cushman, Hopestill (Peterson) Delano, Jonathan Peterson, Mary (Soule) Peterson, George Soule of the Mayflower. Image from MA GAR, Early History of the Department of Massachusetts G.A.R. from 1866 to 1880 Inclusive (Boston: Stillings, 1895), frontispiece, digitized by the University of Massachusetts Libraries.

CUSHMAN, DAVID

Father of David Quimby Cushman and cousin of Robert Woodward Cushman, both below, and a cousin once removed of Austin S. Cushman, above, David (b. 1806, ME) was a Gen. 6 Soule, 7/8 Alden-Mullins, 7 Billington & Allerton, and 6/7 Howland-Tilley. See David Quimby's writeup for the lineage. The image shows him at age 48 and was made from a daguerrotype. The author included a lengthy autobiography written by David. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 376-81, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

CUSHMAN, DAVID QUIMBY

This is the sketch of a Gen. 7 Soule descendant, a 7/8 Howland-Tilley, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 8 Billington & Allerton. Author of the book from which this sketch was taken, the Rev. David Quimby Cushman was also an active member of the NEHGS and according to his obit in the NEHGR, David's paternal line was Kenelm, Robert, Robert, Robert, Thomas, Thomas, Robert Cushman. The first Thomas married Mary Allerton (Gen. 2), and the second Thomas married a Howland-Tilley daughter (Ruth). The second Robert of the three married Mercy Washburn, whose mother was Lydia Billington. The Billington & Allerton Silver Book leave off at Robert 2, Mercy, & son Robert 3 but the Howland Silver Book (23:1:187, not the "John Howland of the Mayflower" series) reveals that the third Robert married a Martha Delano. Her entry as #203 in the GSMD's Delano "Green Books" points out the Soule and Alden-Mullins lines. See his nephew Austin S. Cusman's write-ups for their Mayflower lineages. Image from D. Q. Cushman, The History of Ancient Sheepscot and New Castle [ME] (Bath, ME: Upton, 1882), frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, DON ALONZO

He is a distant cousin of the other Cushmans on this site, at least of the others posted as of July 2017, and is closer to the Rev. Amos Dresser, a half cousin of sorts (of the half minus the Soule genes.) Like them Don Alonzo was also an Allerton, Cooke, Hopkins, and Warren. His Gen 7 Soule line runs: Minerve/Minerva Cushman, Allerton, Alethea (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, John, George of the Mayflower.Don Alonzo (b. 1792 CT) was a merchant, according to the book with this photo (which gives a detailed story of his life.) The family moved to Otsego Co, NY. The Soule pink book will get you to Don Alonzo's birth. See the Allerton writeup for more details and the other sections for those lineages. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans etc.​, pp. 171, 302, 515, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Son of Emery (above) and brother of Henry W. (below), Emery Eugene was a Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total) and a Gen. 9 Allerton, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and Gen 9 Standish. See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278, 280, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, HENRY W.

Son of Emery and brother of Emery Eugene (both above), Henry was a Gen 8 & 9 Soule (four times, total) and a Gen. 9 Allerton, Gen. 8/9 Howland-Tilley, 9/10 Alden-Mullins, and Gen 9 Standish. See his father's writeups for details. Image and info from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), pp. 278-79, digitized by the Library of Congress.

CUSHMAN, HERCULES

The Hon. Hercules Cushman (1785-1832), shown here at age 44 (1829), was a Gen. 7 Soule & Eaton, Gen. 8 Priest, a Cooke, Standish, Alden, and Mullins descendant on his mother's side and a Gen. 8 Warren and Gen 7 Allerton on his father's side. The image at top left is a scan of an engraving of a Daguerrotype of an oil painting done from life. Hercules's Soule line runs: Mercy (Soule) Cushman, Jabez Soule, Zachariah, Benjamin, John, George Soule of the Mayflower. The Soule pink book (#323 ii) covers the marriage of Hercules' parents, Mercy Soule and Noah Cushman. See Hercules' other write-ups for more details. Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 167, 283, 288, 289-292, digitized by the Boston Public Library. Caution: Tthis edition apparently had some pages come out and the library reinserted them out of order.

CUSHMAN, ROBERT WOODWARD

Father of Austin S. Cushman and cousin of David Q. Cushman, both above, Rev. Robert (b. 1800 Woolwich, ME) was a Gen. 7 Soule, Gen. 8 Allerton and Billington, Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and Gen. 7/8 Howland-Tilly descendant. See Austin S. Cushman's writeup for details. (Austin was also a Standish via his mother, Lucy Sprague.) The author of the book from which this image comes must be either a fan or a family member because he devoted over 20 pages to this one individual's work as a minister.Image and info from Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1855), pp. 144-5, 211-2, 382, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Edson, Jael

According to the Babbitt Family History, Jael (Edson) Babbitt (1787-1866) was a Soule and Alden-Mullins descendant. Research in the Silver & Pink Books revealed that she was Gen 6 Soule (via her mother, Rhoda Peterson) and Gen 6/7 Alden-Mullins (via her maternal grandmother Ruth Delano) but was also Gen 6 Doty via the Petersons and Gen 6/7 Howland-Tilley by her paternal grandmother, Jael (Bennett) Edson. The GSMD's Alden, Soule, and Howland books document her parents; Jael herself is in the Doty Silver Book. She was the mother of Adeline Lavinia (Babbitt) Browne and Nathan Snell Babbitt, above. Image from William Bradford Browne, comp., The Babbitt Family History 1643-1900 (Taunton: C. A. Hack & Son, 1912), p. 360, scanned at the Library of Congress.

ELLIS, LEONARD BOLLESThe brother of Caleb Loring Ellis, Jr., above, Leonard was also the author of the History of the History of the New Bedford Fire Dept, 1772-1890 from which other images on Mayflowerfaces.com have come, as well as the book from which this image was taken. He is also a Generation 8 Soule, a Generation 8 Cooke (twice), and a Generation 9 Hopkins descendant. See Caleb's 3 writeups for details. Image from Leonard Bolles Ellis, History of New Bedford and Its Vicinity, 1602-1892 (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason, 1892), p. 251. Digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

FARMER, ALONZO C.

Quite possibly the "C" stood for Cushman, his mother's maiden name (though her death record says "Cushing.") Alonzo Farmer (b. 1831, VT) was a Soule descendant and an Allerton, Howland-Tilley, Warren, and Cooke. There may be more Pilgrim lines, as his grandmothers' surnames were Briggs and Holbrook, worth checking into. The Soule pink book will get you to the marriage of Alonzo's parents, and Alonzo can be found in the VT vital records on the NEHGS site. One Gen 8 Soule line runs: Lydia Hobart Cushman (Farmer), John Cushman, Soule Cushman, Mary (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, John, George of the Mayflower. Another is Lydia Hobart Cushman (Farmer), John Cushman, Soule Cushman, Mary (Soule) Cushman, Mary (Peterson) Soule, Mary (Soule) Peterson, George Soule. See the other sections for those lines. Image and info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 160-1, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

FOLSOM, FRANCES CLARA

She shows up on lists of "famous people" descended from Mayflower pilgrims because she married U.S. president Grover Cleveland, a family friend for decades, at the White House. Her Mayflower links are not immediately obvious but she turned out to be a Gen. 10 Soule descendant and a Gen. 12 Brewster. Along the way she was related to Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island, and Caroline E. Robinson's The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 (Boston: 1895) was very helpful, partly because it pointed out proudly that the then-First Lady was connected to the Hazards on page 105. Otherwise, the Soule Pink Books dump you off with Mercy (Champlin) Rogers and the Jonathan Brewster Pink Book with Freeman Perry's mother-in-law, Elizabeth (Raymond) Hazard. Somehow you have to find your way to the wilds of Buffalo, NY. If you wish to prove anything to the GSMD, I did not write to various tiny towns in NY to prove the intervening links, so you are on your own to do that. Here is the Soule lineage of "Frank" Folsom Cleveland: Emma (Harmon) Folsom, Ruth Hayward (Rogers) Harmon, Mercy (Champlin) Rogers, Elizabeth (Perry) Champlin, Freeman Perry, Susanna (Barber) Perry, Susannah (West) Barber, Susannah (Soule) West, George Soule of the Mayflower. There are more on the LOC site, including one with her mother, but due to copyright restrictions they are available for viewing onsite only. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1897, from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, Library of Congress.

FULLER, JOHN HAROLD

In the book with his writeup and picture, this Fuller is mentioned as a descendant of "the Pilgrims of the Mayflower," indicating the family memory was fuzzy, and he was of the Fuller branch that went to Vermont at least by 1788 and never wrote home. (See that writeup for the details and speculation re: this line.) The Samuel Fuller silver book revealed that he was also a descendant of George Soule, the Billington Family, Francis Eaton, and Francis Cooke. The Gen 10 Soule line runs, beginning with John's father: Jonathan Kingsley Fuller, Samuel Freeman Fuller, Samuel, Consider, Archippus Fuller, Sarah (Wright) Fuller, Sarah (Soule) Wright, John Soule, George Soule of the Mayflower. For his S. Fuller, Billington, Soule, and Eaton lines, see those sections. See also his father's image and writeup, below. Image & a little info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1904), pp. 270-271, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

​FULLER, JONATHAN KINGSLEY

See his son John Harold Fuller's writeup and image, above, for the Gen 9 lineage and other Pilgrim ancestors. The book with this image and a biography (a different volume than the son's) states that Rev. Fuller was born 13 May 1848 in Montgomery, VT. None of the digitized images on this site looks "good" but the Rev. looks touched up around the eyes. Better images are always appreciated. Image and some info from William H. Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin, and Grand Isle Counties (East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing, 1907), pp. 120-2, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

GIFFORD, WILLIAM

Possibly named for the original Gifford immigrant, this William was b. Dartmouth, MA 1797 and died Chautauqua Co, NY 1885, the 3rd generation of his family to have moved to NY state. In addition to being a Gen 8 Soule via his paternal grandfather, he was also a Gen 8 Cooke. See that writeup for the lineage. The birth of the grandfather is noted in the Cooke silver book but his marriage to Joanna Potter is in the Soule pink book. William's Soule line runs: Jeremiah Gifford, Abiel, Peleg, Mary (Wright) Gifford, Sarah (Soule) Wright, John Soule, George Soule of the Mayflower. The book from which the image was taken contained scant genealogical info but the NEHGS has a lot of Gifford data and findagrave was useful, too. Image from Andrew W. Young, History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches (Buffalo: Matthews & Warren, 1875), p. 271, digitized by the Library of Congress. Note: if you are looking for a list of illustrations in this book, find the 2 pages headed "Embellishments."

GOUDY, LEWIS ALDEN

The book with this image specifies that his mother was a Soule but the middle name sure looks promising. Lewis A. Goudy, as he wrote it, is said to have been born in 1849, in Woolwich, ME. He was quite an accomplished businessman, including running a "confectionary" business that was later sold to Nabisco. He was early in the telephone business, too. On the Soule side, Lewis's Gen 9 line runs: Augusta P. (Soule) Goudy, David Farnham Soule, Samuel, John, Ezekiel, Joshua, John, George of the Mayflower. Ezekiel's wife Hannah Delano was an Alden-Mullins and Doty descendant, per his writeup in the Soule pink book, 7th ed., and their son John also married a Doty. The pink book series gets as far as the birth and marriage of grandfather David F. Soule. If you are a descendant you would need to prove they had a daughter Augusta P. who married Alden Goudy of Maine (1821-1897) and produced Lewis. (This being Maine, my money is on Augusta's middle initial P. being for Packard.) See the Alden-Mullins and Doty sections for those lineages. Be on the lookout for a Warren link, too, as his paternal grandmother was Rebecca Church. Image and info from Little, Burrage, Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. II (NY: Lewish Historical Pub. Co., 1909), pp. 566-8, digitized by Columbia University.

LORING, EMMA

Emma, b 1829, was "educated at Yarmouth Academy and taught school for a time," according to the author of the book with this photo. Thus she may have left a better photographic record than other women of her day. She was said to have been a Gen 7 Soule and also a Chilton descendant through the same grandmother. The Soule pink books leave off with the birth of the man I believe is her grandfather, born in North Yarmouth, ME in 1747, so you will have to prove the line from there. He was the right age to have served in the Revolutionary War but I do not see him on the DAR's GRS ancestor database - though his brothers David, Daniel, John, and Joseph are there. If Sylvanus Drinkwater is your ancestor please consider applying to the DAR or doing a supplemental application on him if you belong already. That puts the lineage out there in a reliable, vetted place, NOT on some Bizarro family tree a well-meaning person uploaded you-know-where. Emma's Soule line runs: Alethea (Drinkwater) Loring, Sylvanus Drinkwater, Joseph, Elizabeth (Haskell) Drinkwater, Patience (Soule) Haskell, George Soule. See the Chilton writeup for that line. She left one son, Frederick Odell Conant (b 1857) of Portland, ME, president of the Maine Genealogical Society. He did a lot of research that the author used so if you are also researching this family try searching the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) or the user-friendly version, ArchiveGrid to see if he left his collection anywhere. Image and info from Charles Henry Pope, assisted by Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery, 1917), pp. 159-60, digitized by the New York Public Library.

MAXIM, SILAS PACKARD

Silas co-authored the book from which this sketch comes and included sufficient genealogy to jump-start a search for pilgrim ancestors. A TAG article had told me that the immigrant founder of the Maxim family, Samuel, had married a descendant of Patience Brewster, and Silas noted that he had a grandmother who was a Packard. My Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, so I began looking in both Brewster and Alden and found reference to Soule and Browne. Silas turned out to be a Generation 8 descendant of George Soule, a 8/9 Alden-Mullins, a Generation 9 Browne, and 10 Brewster. Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris:1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

MORTON, LEVI PARSONS

As Vice President of the United States under Benjamin Harrison, U.S. Congressman representing Manhattan, U.S. Minister to France, and Governor of New York, Vermont native Levi P. Morton had his photograph taken and his portrait taken in various poses and with various whiskers and with white hair as well as dark. You can see some of those on wikipedia. He was a Gen 8 Soule descendant as follows: Daniel Oliver Morton, Livy Morton, Sarah (Cobb) Morton, James Cobb, Rachel (Soule) Cobb, John Soule, George Soule of the Mayflower. He was also a Howland-Tilley and a Soule descendant; see those sections for those lines. The Hopkins silver book and John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2 get as far as the birth of Livy Morton but the Soule pink book includes Livy's marriages and the birth of his children, including VP Morton's father Daniel Oliver Morton. Image and info from Josiah Granville Leach, Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton, Vice-President of the United States (1889-1893) (Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1894), p. 68 and frontispiece, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

MOSHER, HENRY CARROLL WRIGHT

The writeup on his parents in the Soule pink books, part 3 is a bit scant but seems definite on Abigail Sowle being the wife of Jonathan Mother and mother of Henry C., born "ca 1846" and residing in New Bedford. The book with this picture has the full names and dates of birth of Henry's siblings (the pink book misses 5 of the 11), and in a couple of cases gives their spouses and children. The author of this book was the editor of the local paper, himself of a longtime New Bedford family, and Henry was still alive and working so presumably provided these details. The vital records on the NEHGS for Henry's mother were unfortunately scant, just her marriage and Mr. Mosher's death. Thus all relationships from the birth of Abigail on down to yourself will have to be documented with vital records, wills, land records, and the like, not just this book. Henry's Gen 7 Soule line runs: Abigail (Sowle) Mother, Job Sowle, William, Sylvanus, Nathaniel, George Soule of the Mayflower. Image and info from Zephaniah Pease, History of New Bedford, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1918), pp. 546-8, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.

MURDOCK, JESSE

The Hon. Jesse Murdock (b. 1806) - the name is sometimes spelled Murdoch in the records - is a descendant of TWELVE Mayflower lines, counting Alden, Mullins, Howland, and Tilley as 4 distinct lines, which the GSMD does. The other lines are Warren, Brewster, Standish, Hopkins, Cooke, Samson, and Allerton. Yes, you will have to click on each writeup to read the lineages, and they run through both of his parents. Here is Jesse's Gen 9 Soule line, beginning with his father: Jesse Murdock, Deborah (Perkins) Murdock, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Benjamin Soule, John, George of the Mayflower. Image from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), p. 200, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online. The Alden silver books Parts 1 & 2 get the furthest in documenting any of the Hon. Jesse's lines, the births of Deborah Perkins and Bartlett Murdock #2. The Soule pink book covers their marriage but pink books are "works in progress." The Carver, MA vital records listed both Jesse's parents & grandparents in his birth record.

PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH

A distant cousin of Frances "Frank" Folsom, above, Commodore Perry is better known as the naval officer who led the fleet when Japan and the US formally opened trade relations in 1853. According to the Hazard family genealogy he had been an early proponent of the idea. From Newport, RI, Matthew (1794-1858) entered the Navy at age 15 and sailed the world. His Gen. 7 Soule line runs: Christopher Raymond Perry, Freeman Perry, Susannah (Barber) Perry, Susannah (West) Barber, Susannah (Soule) West, George Soule of the Mayflower. Matthew is a Gen. 8 Brewster descendant as well. See Frances's Soule & Brewster writeup for more details. This image was taken in 1854, at age 60. From the Matthew Brady Collection, Library of Congress.

PHILLIPS, B.

An 18-year-old factory worker, this Bristol Co., MA bridegroom was a Cooke, Browne, Alden-Mullins, and Warren as well as a Soule. This image belongs to a relative and as such is not in the public domain and not available for download.

Phillips, G.

G. Phillips of Bristol County, MA was a descendant of pilgrims George Soule (Gen. 9), John Alden and William & Priscilla Mullins (Gens. 9/10), and Richard Warren (Gen. 11). All of these lines passed through the family of his paternal great-grandmother, a member of the Paine/Payne shipbuilding clan in Freetown, MA. This photo was taken around 1896 and is probably a wedding portrait. He was about 33 years old. Webmaster's photo. This means you may not copy it in any way without my prior written permission.

PHILLIPS, G. R.

He is a Soule because his mother was a Sowle from Westport, MA, but the exact line is a guess. G's birth & marriage records are online and his parents' marriage records plus his mother's death record are there. However that date is "off" by 4 years for the only other Soule/Sowle of that name in the area. Possibly the first one died as an infant and the second one got the same name plus a middle initial, "T.," which likely stands for Tabor, Tripp, Thomson, or Thomas. Since the presumed family included a great-great grandmother whose maiden name was Tabor, I'm going with that. If this is true, G's is also a Cooke, but his theoretical Gen 8 Soule line runs: Patience T. (Sowle) Phillips, David Sowle, Isaac, Nathaniel, Jacob, Nathaniel, George Soule of the Mayflower. The Soule pink book gets as far as the birth of "Patience" in 1797. Image from the New Bedford Free Library, courtesy Digital Commonwealth. There is no photograph number per se, but the "photograph locator" says Main Library, room 309, cabinet U07, shelf SH09, container BX09:F035. The image is undated but probably 1890s - early 1900s.

REMICK, JAMES WALDRON

Some family members, including the brother with whom he was in business, spelled the surname Remich. James (b. 1860) was a Gen. 8 Soule via his mother, who was from Vermont. The line runs as follows: Sophia (Cushman) Remich, Clark Cushman, Paul, Mary (Soule) Cushman, Joseph Soule, John, George of the Mayflower. He was also an Allerton and Howland-Tilley due to Cushman marriages. (Those lineages are in given in his other writeups.) The Soule Pink Book,, family #394, gets as far as the marriage of Sophia Cushman and Samuel Remick (James's parents.) Info from James R. Jackson, ed., History of Littleton, New Hampshire, V.3 (Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1905), pp. 153 and 412 (genealogy compiled by George C. Furber) but the image is from J. H. Walbridge, comp., "A Historical Sketch of Littleton," supplement to the White Mountain Republic Journal, V. 31, No. 16 (Littleton: Cooper & Sparrow, 24 Dec.1897), n.p. Both were digitized by the Library of Congress. As always, a sharper photo would be welcome.

ROGERS, HENRY HUTTLESTONHenry, twice a Generation 8 Soule, sneaks up on you. His grandfather Abishai Rogers, a New Bedford merchant, married Judith Cushman of Rochester in 1806 and that surname should send you immediately to the Allerton Silver Book. That is where you will learn that he is also a Soule. (The Soule Pink Book reveals him to be a Howland-Tilley also.) Tip: once you find someone in a Pink or Silver Book, read each entry back up the family line to the Pilgrim. Quite often another Mayflower link is revealed. In this case, the writeup on Mary (Soule) Cushman's father Joseph reveals that he married a first cousin on the Soule side, Mary Peterson. She was also a Generation 3 via her mother Mary (Soule) Peterson. Ultimately, Henry works out to be a Generation 9 Allerton, Howland, and Gen. 10 Tilley in addition to his Soule descent. See his Allerton entry for a lot more detail and advice. Some data and image from Federal Writers' Project, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1939), end of book & biographical information from pp. 33-34. Digitized by the Boston Public Library.

​SAVERY, JOHN

Father of William, below, John Savery (1759-1853) made the cannonballs used by the USS Constitution in the War of 1812. Cool. (This should qualify female descendants for membership in the National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812.) He married Polly Atwood, daughter of Eli of Middleborough and Lydia Griffith of Carver. Further research there might be useful in finding additional lines for his son. I think the father-son resemblance is strong if you can imagine William without the beard. See William's writeup for the Gen 8 Soule, Gen 7 Standish, and Gen 7/8 Alden-Mullins lineages. Image and some info from A. W. Savary & Lydia A. Savery, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy Family (Severit, Savery, Savory, and Savary) (Boston: Collins, 1893), pp. 83-84, digitized by the University of Toronto Library.

SAVERY, WILLIAM

His grandmother and the Hon. Jesse Murdock's grandmother were sisters, thus they were second cousins. William's Gen 9 Soule line runs: John Savery, Hannah (Perkins) Savery, Hannah (Sampson) Perkins, Hannah (Soule) Sampson, Sarah (Standish) Soule, Benjamin Soule, John, George of the Mayflower. See his Alden-Mullins and Standish write-ups for those lines. Image and a tiny bit of biographical info from Henry S. Griffith, History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review 1637 to 1910 (New Bedford: Anthony, 1913), pp. 273, 280, digitized by U MA, Amherst but the vital records were all from the NEHGS online. The Alden silver book Part 1 documented the marriage of Hannah (Sampson) Perkins and the Soule pink book included the birth of daughter Sarah, her marriage to Peleg Savery, and the birth of William's father John. The Carver, MA vital records have William's birth in 1815, parents, and wife. You can access those on the NEHGS, a subscription site but worth every penny.

SHERMAN, CHARLES EDWIN WALLACE

The writeup in this book turns out to be correct and Charles is a Generation 8 Standish via his mother Irene Shaw (Standish) Sherman, daughter of Jonathan Standish who is listed as Generation 6 in the Standish Silver Book. The book does not note that he was also a Generation 8 Soule via his maternal great-grandmother Rachel (Cobb) Standish, a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins because his Standish line comes from Myles's son Alexander and his first wife Sarah Alden, and a Generation 8 Hopkins descendant via his maternal grandmother Mary (Eddy) Standish. Charles's Soule line is Irene Standish, Jonathan, Moses, Rachel (Cobb) Standish, Rachel (Soule) Cobb, John Soule, George Soule. The Soule Pink Books will get you as far as Jonathan Standish marrying Irene Shaw. Info and image from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 593. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

SMITH, FREDERICK BRADFORD

I find no Bradford connection in spite of his father and grandfather both being named Bradford Smith, but perhaps you can with more digging. My technique was a quick findagrave search and that did turn up a Soule line through his mother, Lucia Wells (Weston) Smith. Presumably it is correct since Frederick (b 1863 Detroit) was able to join the Michigan Mayflower Society, Lucia's grandfather is in the Soule pink book, and Frederick's family left a prominent paper trail and nice gravestones. His Gen 9 line runs: Lucia Wells (Weston) Smith, Abner Weston, James, James, Zachariah, Rebecca (Soule) Weston, John Soule, George of the Mayflower. Image and info from Image and info from Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne Count, Michigan (Chicago: Henry Taylor, 1909) pp. 520-1, digitized by the Library of Congress.

SOULE, GILBERT

A seafarer like his father David Farnham Soule (1795-1830) of ME, Capt. Gilbert Soule of Coös County, NH was a Generation 8 Soule descendant. He was also a Doty, Alden, and Mullins by three female ancestors. The Soule Pink Books get as far as #425iii David in Generation 7 and both his wives, and tallies with the data in the book from which this image was taken. According to the author, Gilbert was sufficiently proud of his heritage to contribute significantly to the "Pilgrims' monument" at Plymouth, MA. If you are trying to track your descent from this man, please note that he also lived in ME & MN, was a lumberman, ferry operator, and blasting company owner. Don't let his moves and job changes throw you off the trail. You still must document his birth to David & wife using birth, marriage, and death certificates/records to join a lineage society such as Soule Kindred in America, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, or the GSMD. Gilbert's paternal great-great grandmother was a Generation 4 Doty, great-great grandfather a Generation 3/4 Alden-Mullins, and his great-grandmother a generation 5 Doty. Gilbert's Soule line is David F., Samuel, John, Ezekiel, Joshua, John, George. Image and info from History of Coös County, NH (Syracuse: Ferguson, 1888), pp. 559-61. Digitized by the University of New Hampshire Library. There is a description of his appearance in this book, saying that he was 5'11" and his "average weight [was] about 230 pounds." His eye color was "light blue" and his hair "dark brown."

Soule, Lawrence Porter

A Generation 7 descendant of George Soule, Lawrence was a descendant of 7 other Mayflower families, all on his father's side. Lawrence was born 1831 in Duxbury to Stephen and Lydia (Pierce) Soule and was the grandson of William and Priscilla (Sampson) Soule. William's birth in Duxbury, 1759, to Joseph and Mercy (Fullerton) Soule is in the Soule Pink Book, 6th ed. Both William and Priscilla are listed as Generation 5 Samson descendants in the Silver Books, volume 20, parts 1 & 3. Other Mayflower ancestors include Bradford (Gen 8), Alden-Mullins (Gens. 8-9), and Warren, Rogers & Brewster (Gen 9). All of these lineages are detailed, albeit confusingly in the book cited for the photo. Image and info from Charles Edwin Hurd, The New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History (Boston: New England Historical Publishing Co., 1902), pp. 666-668, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

SOULE, LEWIS F.

This Soule's link to the Pilgrim must have been lost in the mists of time due to family migration and some early deaths, perhaps, because it is not mentioned at all in the book from which this image was taken, History of Salem, N.H. It may not help that many of the town's early settlers were from Salem, MA, not a hotbed of Pilgrim activity. Lewis was a Gen. 9 Soule and also a Gen. 9 Cooke and Gen. 10 Priest. (See those write-ups for the lineages.) Before you run out and submit your Mayflower application, be aware that the Soule Pink Books only get as far as his presumed great grandfather, Anson Soule. Lewis, his father Samuel W., and grandfather Daniel Soule all appear in Maine federal censuses and this link is based on a findagrave entry that says Daniel's father was Anson Soule and Lucinda French (aka Waitstill L. French, b. Taunton so a possible Mayflower descendant.) It also hinges on Samuel's findagrave entry being correct about his birth date because the 1850 census had 2 Samuels in the same town. Possibly they were the same young man but the one with the matching age was with Daniel's family; the younger one was a hired farm hand. If this line is yours, and you prove this writeup to have errors or be totally wrong, please let me know and I will change or remove it. Here is the Soule line, if correct: Samuel W. Soule, Daniel, Anson, William, Jacob, James, John, George Soule of the Mayflower. Image and a little info from Edgar Gilbert, History of Salem, N.H. (Concord, NH: Rumford, 1907), pp. 165, 431. Digitized by the University of New Hampshire Libraries.

Soule, Oakes Sampson

Housewright & lumber merchant Oakes S. Soule (1809-1890) was a Generation 7 descendent of pilgrim George; his father Aaron (b. Plympton 1769) is in the Soule Pink Book, Pt. 1 in family #336. He was also a Generation 7/8 Alden-Mullins and Generation 7 Standish as a descendent of Benjamin Soule, who married Sarah Standish around 1693. Sarah was an Alden granddaughter. Despite his middle name, I find no evidence that Oakes was a descendent of pilgrim Henry Samson via his mother Ruth Samson of Plympton, daughter of Capt. Thomas Samson & Ruth Bryant. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. 2 (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 1089, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Soule, Thomas Howard, Jr.

Brother of Rufus Albertson Soule, above, Thomas (b. 1844 New Bedford) was in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. He was also a Generation 8 Soule descendant as well as a Generation 8/9 Alden-Mullins. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 453, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

SOULE, WILLIAM

Dr. William Soule formerly graced the "Mystery/Fun Photos" page. Eventually with the help of the NEHGR and some guesswork I figured out his Gen. 7 link and in the process learned he had 2 Alden-Mullins lines, 2 Standish lines, and Allerton, Cooke & Hopkins lines as well. Here is the Soule line: Ivory Soule, Beza, Ebenezer, Ebenezer. John, George of the Mayflower.As mentioned on the "Mystery" page, I knew from the photo source that his father was a footwear manufacturer named Ivory Soule but there was more than one Ivory. Only one was in CT, and he was on an NEHGR database called "Ye Old Folks of Connecticut" (seriously), age 83 in 1884, about right to be the father of a Civil War surgeon (see fold3.com). I like HeritageQuest for censuses (available through public libraries) and in 1850 William was a student living with Ivory (bootmaker) and Marilla, in Chaplin, CT, his known birthplace. Ivory was 50. He was 60 in 1860 but 69 in 1870 and 79 in 1880, with parents born in MA. The Barbour Collection online had William's birth and Ivory & Marilla's marriage (she "of Chaplin" - so he of Somewhere Else.) The Barbour record for Pomfret had a "Toary Sole" born to Beza & Zurviah Sole on July 3, 1800. Think of how "Ivory" might have looked in cursive writing to a typist. "Toary," Beza, and Zurviah of Pomfret were worth checking. Finding Beza's death record with an NEHGR search was a "Bingo!" moment because it was from Plympton, MA records and read in part: "(m. had a family) ch. Ebenezer and Susanah (see Asaph.... Jan. 4, 1835 in Chaplin, Conn)." Per wikipedia, by 1850 the population of Chaplin was only 796, so how many Beza Soules could have died there in 1835? The Plympton DR for Asaph gave his all the parents' and grandparents' full names, a link to "Capt. Miles Standish" and to George Soule who "'came in the Mayflower in 1620.'" At that point I was able to locate the family in the Soule pink books & various silver books. There was Beza (#344), brother of Asaph & son of Ebenezer & Susanna, b. Plympton & d. CT, father of Ivory (b. Pomfret), grandfather of William -- and husband of Zurviah Cushman who had 6 Mayflower lines. See those pages for those lineages.Image credit: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, CT (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1905), pp. 52-53, digitized by the Brigham Young University Libraries.

SOWLE, NATHANIEL P.

I am including this image even though I am not sure which generation he would be and am not 100% convinced he is a Soule, except for the ears. In addition to the difference in ways to spell "Soule" (Soule, Sowle, etc.) some people pronounce it "Sowell" or even "Sewall." I am not convinced that "Sewalls" and "Soulés" are Soule descendants but perhaps the Soule Kindred organization could explain.

Nathaniel was the son of Frederick A. Sowle and Abby Vincent. Frederick was the son of Henry Sowle and Esther Lawrence, a widow. According to the New Bedford vital records, someone had written that Henry was a "lineal descendant of pilgrim George Soule." New Bedford was Soule stomping ground and given that Henry was born there in 1788, odds are that the collective memory of local folk would have known if that were true or not. The Soule Pink Book does have an entry (#105) for a Henry Soule (Gen 4) whose father was a Nathaniel, who named sons Nathaniel & Henry, was from Westport (adjacent to New Bedford), and who frequently wrote his name "Sowle." Could Henry be the son of either Nathaniel b. 1746/7 or Henry b. 1752? If so, that would make Nathaniel a Generation 8 Soule descendant. Image from Who's Who in State Politics (Boston: Practical Politics, 1908), p. 79. Digitized by the State Library of Massachusetts.

STANDISH, THOMAS D.

The information on this Standish comes from a book that MOSTLY matches the Standish Silver Book. The names are mostly correct (except for introducing a man named Comfort Standish who does not appear to exist.) So are the birth dates but some of the places are odd. This may be because the older book jumps are around and scrambles people within the same paragraph. The data also mostly matches what I find on the NEHGS site. The Standish Silver Book will get you as far as Thomas's theoretical father David, born to Lemuel & a woman named Hannah or Rachel or (---). Thomas D. should be their son, a Generation 7 Standish, born 1809 in Dighton, MA. The line, per the Silver Book, would be Thomas D., David, Lemuel, David, Thomas, Alexander, Myles. The first David married Hannah Magoun, whose mother was Rachel Soule (Generation 4), so Thomas D. Standish is also Generation 7 Soule. Since Alexander married secondly Desire (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes, daughter of pilgrim Edward, Thomas D. Standish would also be a Generation 7 Doty. Image & some info, possibly incorrect, from D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County (Philadelphia: Lewis, 1883), p. 266. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

STICKNEY, WILLIAM

The book from which this image comes states that William's mother was Alathea Soule, b. 1795, daughter of John, wife of Amos Stickney, and that she died at Bangor, ME on May 13, 1863 and was buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. She is in the Soule pink book, part of family #404, but listed as dying sometime after 1820. Findagrave does show her buried there and as the wife of Amos, but spelled "Althea" and the mother of Thomas Gage Stickney (b. 1820) - only. (The Stickney genealogy credits her with 6 children.) A big problem with findagrave is that you must spell the name as it was entered by the person who created the entry, and he/she in turn copied it from a gravestone. A quick look on the NEHGS turned up 2 Alathea Soules in Duxbury, MA in the 1700s so it was definitely a family name but findagrave could not find this Alathea. There is no gravestone photo, so no telling what it really says. Also, if you searched by "Amos," his entry had no record of a wife. If you click on son Thomas, his entry reveals both parents. Moral of the story: be creative and don't give up with any database if you do not find a hit on the first person you look for. Also, the pink book entry for family #404 reveals that this John Soule of ME was son of Abishai Soule and not the John who was son of the Benjamin Soule on the DAR GRS database. That John was also born in ME and was of the right age. William Stickney's Gen. 7 Soule line runs as follows: Alathea (Soule) Stickney, John Soule, Abishai, Josiah, John, George Soule of the Mayflower. Abishai, Josiah, and John (George's son) all married Delanos and are in the GSMD's Delano "green books." Image and info from Matthew Allen Stickney, The Stickney Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney, from 1637 to 1869 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1869), pp. 348, 422-3, digitized by the Allen Co. (IN) Public Library.

Thompson, Albert Cranston

Albert Cranston Thompson had the blood of at least 7 Pilgrim ancestors, so a family resemblance to anyone on this web site is unlikely. He was a Generation 9 Soule twice. One Soule line and two Cooke lines (both Gen 8), his Hopkins (Gen 9) and Priest (Gen 10) lineage were via both his paternal great-grandparents, Adam Tomson (senior) and Molly Tomson, only distantly related. Due to the nature of the GSMD's Soule publications (6 Pink Books instead of 1-3 Silver Books), untangling his lineage takes some doing. Hint: Molly was the daughter of Lydia (Cobb) Tomson, descendant #281 and you will see her marriage to Amasa there. The second Soule line is through Adam & Molly's son Adam's marriage to Salvina Wood, a Generation 7 Soule descendant. Look for her under descendant #336, Benjamin Soule. His daughter Salvina Soule's marriage to Timothy Wood is recorded along with the birth of granddaughter Salvina Wood. Adam and Molly were also both Generation 5 Cooke descendants and appear in the Cooke Silver Book, with son Adam (Albert C.'s grandfather.) Via Salvina Wood Tomson/Thompson, Albert C. was also an Alden (Gen 9), Standish (Gen 9), and Mullins (Gen 10). Albert C.'s mother was a Warren from Vermont, and research there may turn up additional Mayflower ancestry. Image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 169, digitized by the Boston Public Library.

Thompson, Charles Hutchinson

The Thompson & Tinkham families of Plymouth County are, as a rule, Cooke and/or Brown descendants due to early marriages between those families. The line of Charles (b. 1838, LeRoy NY), author of the book cited below, picked up a Soule in Generation 3 when Thomas Tomson married Martha Soule, daughter of Martha Tinkham. Thus Charles was a Generation 7 Soule descendant plus a Generation 7, 8, & 8 again Cooke, and Generation 7 & 8 Brown. The Silver Books will take you as far as the 5th Thompson, his grandfather, Cyrus (b. 1774). Charles's book also includes a section on the Hutchinsons, for those interested in that surname, and includes individuals from this family who migrated through New York to Michigan. He also includes the thoughts of family members he queried as to how the name spelling changed from Tomson to Thomson to Thompson. Image from C. H. Thompson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Massachusetts (Lansing, MI: Darius D. Thorp, 1890), frontispiece, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.

THOMPSON, ELROY SHERMAN

Elroy is a Soule on his mother's side (of unknown generation) and Generation 10 on his father's, John T. Thompson. The best GSMD book for this line is actually the Cooke Silver Book. It will get you as far as Elroy's great grandfather, Zebediah Thompson, the third of that name. Zebediah's grandfather, the first of that name (1728-77), married Zerviah Standish (1728-69), daughter of Rachel (Cobb) Standish, whose mother was Rachel (Soule) Cobb. Rachel Soule was the granddaughter of pilgrim George via son John Soule. Elroy was also a Gen 9 Cooke; Gen 10 Hopkins and Standish; and Gen 10/11 Alden-Mullins. For more details, see his writeup in the Cooke section. mage from Brockton Board of Trade, Brockton, a City of Enterprise (Brockton: Hollinger, 1911), p. 20. Digitized by the Library of Congress.

Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge

Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN, was a Generation 9 descendant of George Soule, Myles Standish, Peter Brown & Degory Priest, Gen 8 from Francis Eaton, and 8/9 from Alden-Mullins. He was born in Middleboro, 1832, and this photo likely dates from his Civil War service (1861-67). Pilgrim Peter Brown's daughter married the first Tinkham in the area, Ephraim of Plymouth County, so look for anyone of that surname in the Brown Silver Book. Elbridge's other Pilgrim ancestry is via Seth 5 Tinkham's marriage to Eunice 5 Soule, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Eaton) Soule. His full Soule lineage is: runs: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Eunice (Soule) Tinkham, Zachariah Soule, Benjamin, John, George of the Mayflower. Image from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 110, digitized by the Library of Congress.

​WESTON, THOMAS

Thomas, whose 1770 birth is in the Soule pink book and the Cooke, Howland, and Brown/Browne silver books, was a descendant of George Soule on his father's side and Francis Cooke, Peter Browne/Brown, and John Howland via his mother. His Gen 6 Soule line runs: Edmund Weston Jr., Edmund, Rebecca (Soule) Weston, John Soule, George of the Mayflower. According to the Soule, Brown, and Howland entries, descendants are also eligible for Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) & Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) plus Daughters of Founders & Patriots of America, the Order of the Founders & Patriots of America, and Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, all except that last group due to the military service of Thomas's father, innkeeper Edmund Weston, Jr. of Middleborough, in the American Revolution. (There was more than one Edmund Weston. This one's son Abner reportedly also served.) Image, birth place & date from the book by his descendant, also Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 380, digitized by the Library of Congress.

WINSLOW, GEORGE HENRY

The citation quoted in Digital Commonwealth says that he was a direct descendant of pilgrim Edward Winslow, but that is not true, thus George H. is only a very distant cousin of Elizabeth and her father Isaac Winslow on this page. George H. is a direct descendant of one of Edward's many brothers, specifically Kenelm, as follows, beginning with his father: George E. Winslow, George R., Ezra, Hezekiah, Richard, Job, immigrant Kenelm Winslow. George H. (1863-1946) of Ware, MA was a Soule, Warren, Cooke, and Alden-Mullins descendant, though, and a distant Soule cousin of mine, to make up for not being a descendant of Edward. The mistake might have been an honest one, as his Massachusetts ancestors had the same political views as Edward's descendants during the American Revolution but did not leave for Canada. However, the "R." in "George R." is apparently for "Rex" (king), so named by his Loyalist father. His Gen 8 Soule line runs: George E. Winslow, George R., Ezra, Elizabeth (Paine) Winslow, Susanna (Haskell) Paine, Patience (Soule) Haskell, George Soule of the Mayflower. See the other writeup for those lineages. Image (from about 1890-1910) courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections, published on Digital Commonwealth.

WRIGHT, SAMUEL COLE

Sgt. Samuel C. Wright of Plympton, a farmer, enlisted at Plymouth in the 29th MA Inf. in May 1861, age 18, and left in 1865 after recovering from the injury shown in this photo. A Minie ball had struck the orbital bone, breaking it, but I think Samuel considered himself a very lucky man to have kept his eye and his life. The list of the battles in which he served can be found with the original of this photo on the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library of Yale University in the Digitized Collection. It is impressive. Thank you for your service, Sgt. Wright. His lines include Samson/Sampsons but apparently descendants of Henry's brother, not of Henry the pilgrim. I also found no direct Winslow links in searching the vital records on the NEHGS site. His Gen 9 Soule line runs: Winslow Wright, Josiah, Levi, Adam, John, Sarah (Soule) Wright, John Soule, George of the Mayflower. See his Cooke writeup for that line. Descendants are eligible to join Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (or their counterpart, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.) Image and service info from the Civil War Photographs, Digitized Collections, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.